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kim wilkie associates broad street Re-design of Broad Street at the heart of Oxford for the Oxford Preservation Trust, Oxford City Council, Oxford County Council, Oxford University and Colleges, Oxford Civic Trust, CABE and the business community. www.kimwilkie.com /pages/projects/urban/projects_urban_broadst.html   (32 words)

Oxford walks: The centre As we turn left into Broad Street, to our left, on the corner of Catte Street and Broad Street, is the Clarendon Building, built in 1713, the first design by Hawksmoor in Oxford. In the centre of Broad street, opposite Thornton's second hand book shop, a cobble cross in the road, marked with yellow paint, recalls the spot where three anglican martyrs were burned at the stake. In Broad Street alone, in addition to the main branch, are a a Travel bookshop (next door), a Paperback shop, an Art shop, and a Children's Bookshop. home.clara.net /reedhome/oxford/1_broad.html   (1807 words)

Broad Street Oxford The inn on the corner of Broad Street and Parks Road was called the "Dog and Partridge" in 1772 and the landlord was also the owner, Richard DAVIS. The houses concerned were those at the north eastern corner of Broad Street, which were demolished around 1937 prior to the construction of the new Bodleian library on the site. ) The cost of all this work was to be born by a tax on households within the city, based on the length of their street frontage. www.shotover.clara.net /history/broad.htm   (2203 words)

Blackwell's bookshop opened its doors at 50 Broad Street on 1 January 1879 in a tiny room 12 feet square. This service is brought to you by Jonathan Bowen as part of the Oxford information archive at the OUCL. is now Oxford's biggest bookshop, with more than 200,000 titles in stock covering every subject, discipline and interest. web.comlab.ox.ac.uk /oxinfo/blackwells   (164 words)

Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford The inscription across the Broad Street front reads: "CAROLUS I I D.G. (Charles II, by the grace of God King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith). The above view of the Sheldonian Theatre actually only shows its rear, and it has been described as sticking out into Broad Street like the stern of a ship. In imitation of the ancient theatres, the walls of which were too widely expanded to admit of a roof, the ceiling has the appearance of canvass, painted allegorically, and strained over gilt cordage. www.headington.org.uk /oxon/broad/buildings/south/sheldonian.htm   (485 words)

Oxford: Broad Street Broad Street combines the commercialism of Cornmarket with the education of the Bodleian, and is, in a sense, the heart of Oxford. Across the street from this is the King's Arms, quite popular among students because of its proximity to the Bodleian Library. There are a few Blackwell's Bookshops throughout Oxford, featuring art or music, but this is their main bookshop. www.geocities.com /ramblon92/oxford/broad.html   (436 words)

Broad Street, Oxford In the sixteenth century, St Michael's Church in Cornmarket and the Bocardo gaol marked the northern boundary of the city, and the south side of Broad Street was just a ditch outside the city wall. Oxford had looked after the former Archbishop, Thomas Cranmer, well: his expenses included the cost of wine, figs, oysters, veal, and almonds, as well as his barber and laundry charges; but the last items on this list were the hundred wood faggots and 50 furze faggots that formed his living pyre.... The records of the City of Oxford show that the Bailiffs of the city petitioned the Archbishop of Canterbury for the payment of the expenses incurred in dealing with the three martyrs. www.headington.org.uk /oxon/broad/buildings/martyrs.htm   (392 words)

Broad Street Oxford The inn on the corner of Broad Street and Parks Road was called the "Dog and Partridge" in 1772 and the landlord was also the owner, Richard DAVIS. The houses concerned were those at the north eastern corner of Broad Street, which were demolished around 1937 prior to the construction of the new Bodleian library on the site. It was originally publised in 1912 then in 1920, republished by the Oxford Historical Society, together with some additional documents, as their Volume 75. www.shotover.clara.net /history/broad.htm   (2203 words)

Exploring Oxford things to do On Broad Street next to the Sheldonian housing the world's finest collection of early scientific instruments, is the first purpose-built museum building, dating from 1683. The busy crossroads at the heart of Oxford is known as Carfax, this is the ancient heart of Saxon Oxford, where the four roads from North, South, East and West met. The Oxford Story Exhibition captures the very essence of the University's and the City's fascinating and enigmatic 800 year history. www.inoxfordmag.co.uk /explore/explore_details.html   (1072 words)

Dining on Popstar: Broad Street 1973 Jim's first sight of old Oxford was the High, the long street of shops that ended with Magdalen tower at the end. There were longhairs on the cobbled street, in blue drainpipe jeans, T-shirts, miniskirts, others more awkward. It was just machines, a line that went round and round, fast as anything. www.dkrenton.co.uk /popstar4.html   (4254 words)

Broad Street, Oxford If you stand with your back to Balliol's main gate, and examine the rows of buildings on the other side of Broad Street, you will see how romantically varied is the façade of Oxford. Starting at the bookshop on the corner of Cornmarket, you will first visit each building on the south side of Broad Street as far as the Clarendon. You will then take in the new part of Hertford College and the Modern History Faculty (both technically in Broad Street) before crossing over to the New Bodleian Library and travelling westwards, returning to the starting point via the martyrs' cross in the middle of the road. www.headington.org.uk /oxon/broad/buildings/tour_start.htm   (232 words)

Oxford Street for New Look, Dolcis and Dorothy Perkins Oxford Street for New Look, Dolcis and Dorothy Perkins Designed to appeal to a broad cross-section of women and girls who need clothes for all aspects of their lives, including specialist brands for smaller women, pregnant women and young girls. Choose from the latest fashion ranges and a huge choice of styles from Ladies fashions, www.streetsensation.co.uk /oxford/os_s12.htm   (126 words)

Victorian London - Directories - Dickens's Dictionary of London, by Charles Dickens, Jr., 1879 - "MET-MUS" NEAREST Railway Stations, Gower-st (Metrop.) and Temple (Dist.); Omnibus Routes, Oxford-st, Tottenham-court-road, and Euston-road. Music, Royal Academy of, Tenterden-street, Hanover-square.—All branches of music are taught at the academy, and students may choose any one for their principal study. There is a workshop at the rooms in Robert- street, and periodical meetings are held there www.victorianlondon.org /dickens/dickens-mus.htm   (126 words)

History Of Street Lights Oxford Street, in the heart of London, is Britain's busiest high street with a world-wide reputation as the heart of West End shopping. Note:- In some instances the street lights are affected by a fault on the electricity supply cable, which is... A photo guide to London featuring photographs and panoramas of London including street scenes, tube stations, Soho, architecture, railways, Kings Cross, West End, museums, bridges and more www.domestic-lighting-uk.co.uk /lights/history_of_street_lights.html   (126 words)

Motorola - Repair Info Carphone Warehouse Express Repair Centre, 18 Broad Street Mall, Reading, RG1 7QE, United Kingdom. Carphone Warehouse Express Repair Centre, 81 Clarence Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, KT1 1RB, United Kingdom. Carphone Warehouse Express Repair Centre, 68 Cross Street, Manchester, M2 4JQ, United Kingdom. direct.motorola.com /eng/repairinformation.asp?country=GBR&language=ENG&productid=   (126 words)

Shopping Centres UK at Local.co.uk Ayesham Centre Broad Street Mall, Reading Corn Exchange Centre, Leeds Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre Oxford Street Shopping Centre St Martins Square, Leicester St Nicholas Arcade, Lancaster Shipgate Shopping Centre, Bolton Compare Shopping Centres and Malls and others books prices from. Duplicate entry '15587107' for key 1 Categories Shopping Portsmouth Portsmouth Vacations Compare prices, read user reviews of hotels and search for travel deals to Portsmouth. www.local.co.uk /uk/Shopping_Centres   (126 words)

Getting to Hertford College You can take the Bus from the train station to Broad Street, then just walk up Broad Street, take a right onto Catte Street, and Hertford College will be on your left. Thames Transit or the Oxford Bus Company may be able to provide you with more precise information. There are several stops in Oxford, and it is easiest just to stay on till the last stop, Gloucester Green. www.hertford.ox.ac.uk /gettingto   (581 words)

Oxford City Introduction Nearby, in Broad Street, is the Sheldonian Theatre, a venue for official university functions as well as a variety of concerts (tickets available from The Oxford Playhouse in Beaumont Street). When you arrive in Oxford, stop first at the Tourist Information Centre, located in The Broad near The Oxford Story. Oxford is home to a world famous university, and most of the colleges and university buildings are located in the centre of Oxford, within easy walking distance of each other. www.oxfordcity.co.uk /info/visitors.html   (271 words)

Exeter : 2007/8 Oxford University Undergraduate Admissions Exeter is extremely central, located in Turl Street, between the High Street and Broad Street. Exeter is a medium-sized college in the heart of Oxford. Oxford University > undergraduate > Colleges > Exeter www.admissions.ox.ac.uk /colleges/exet.shtml   (589 words)

Our site This is a city-centre college (if you know Oxford, it's on The Turl; if you don't know Oxford, that's a quiet street between the High Street and Broad Street, behind the Covered Market) with mediaeval architecture but a cosy feel. Oxford has a good train service to London, the Midlands and the North; there are coaches from various destinations and frequent coaches from London. The railway station is 1 mile (1.6 km) from the college ; the bus station is half a mile (0.8 km) from the College. www.smof.com /unicon2000/site.htm   (315 words)

Jordan College, Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The college is situated next to St Michael's College and Brasenose College on Turl Street, and Gabriel College and Balliol College on Broad Street. Amongst the college's buildings are the Sheldon Building, and past the Kitchen, Pilgrim's Tower and the Chapel, which includes the Oratory and leads down to the crypts of esteemed deceased Scholars. The college's buildings are grouped around three irregular quadrangles, the most important of which—the Melrose Quadrangle—is the college Library. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jordan_College   (315 words)

Balliol : 2007/8 Oxford University Undergraduate Admissions The daily life of Balliol is focused around its buildings in Broad Street, close to the principal libraries and the centre of the city. Balliol is one of the oldest, most centrally situated and most diverse of the Oxford colleges. It has a lively and diverse student community drawn from a broad spectrum of schools and colleges, including a considerable number of European and overseas students. www.admissions.ox.ac.uk /colleges/ball.shtml   (559 words)

Balliol College, Broad Street, Oxford The very curious bosses in the roof of the old tower gate-way, and the sculptured arms of the Balliol family, on the original Broad-street front, had to be removed, but these interesting memorials have been preserved. We recorded last year the demolition of a portion of the old buildings, and the commencement of the new ones in Broad Street, but the latter were not sufficiently advanced to enable us to speak of them in detail. It was built by Alfred Waterhouse in 1867–8, and (along with the adjoining Master's Lodgings), it was his first Oxford commission. www.headington.org.uk /oxon/broad/buildings/north/balliol_college.htm   (428 words)

Didcot Restaurants Boswell House 1, 5 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3AW Threeways House, 36 George Street, Oxford, OX1 2BJ www.lollo.co.uk /didcot-restaurants/431-100   (26 words)

LRB Peter Campbell : In Soho Soho, south of Oxford Street and east of Regent Street, is still largely unregenerate - the close-packed haunt of the libidinous and the frivolous, home to sex shops and food shops, bars and clubs, and small businesses. In 1854, Dr John Snow advanced the cause of public health - and epidemiology - by persuading the local Board of Guardians to remove the handle from the Broad Street (now Broadwick Street) pump. Broadwick House has no desire to be seen as the thin end of a wedge. www.lrb.co.uk /v23/n10/print/camp01_.html   (826 words)

Maps and Directions -- Jesus Metropolitan Community Church We're close to the intersection of Keystone Avenue and 56th Street, on the northeast side of Indianapolis, near Broad Ripple. Turn east on 56th, and proceed three blocks to Oxford Street. From I-465 on the east side: Take the 56th Street/Shadeland exit and proceed about 4 miles west on 56th Street. www.jesusmcc.org /about_us/when_where.html   (826 words)

E603B Project Subjects Carfax, the Martyr's Memorial, Broad Street, Top of Sheldonian theatre, the busts of the "Emperors" guarding it, Balliol College, etc. are all connected to Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure Oxford is a much richer mine of possibilities of course, and many of the options are already in the MOO with pictures and a lot of reseach materials are available. In addition to these associations many of the Oxford colleges have great Victorian buildings and thus the architects could be added to the Moo, such as Butterfield who did the chapel at Balliol, or Ruskin who inspired the University Museum. www.cwrl.utexas.edu /~bump/E603B/subjects.html   (826 words)

Balliol College Virtual Tour The college occupies a significant portion of Broad Street, and extends onto land further east in the form of the "Master's Field" and Holywell Manor Complex. Balliol College maintains a claim to be the oldest college in the University. The college is thought to date back as far as 1263 when John Balliol, a wealthy English Lord, and his wife Princess Dervorguilla of Galloway bought and maintained a house for poor students in the suburbs of Oxford as an act of charity. www.chem.ox.ac.uk /oxfordtour/balliolcollege/front.htm   (172 words)

Encyclopedia: St Edmund Hall, Oxford Student politics is a broad term that can mean either, 1) The politics engaged in by students (also know as the Student movement or student activism), which may mean street protests, sit-ins, or a student strike. St Edmund Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Edmund Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/St-Edmund-Hall%2C-Oxford   (2604 words)

Oxford City Guide and travel information - Virgin Trains The tourist office is located on Broad Street. The High Street bisects the city centre, running from Magdalen Bridge (for the Botanic Gardens and Magdalen Deer Park) in the east to Carfax (a medieval tower) in the west, turning into Queen Street at Carfax. George Street and Gloucester Green are filled with cheerful chain restaurants and traditional pubs that serve simple, hearty fare. www.virgintrains.co.uk /destinations/oxford/overview.aspx   (1464 words)

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